

Growing macadamias on your whenua
Macadamia trees want warmth, plenty of rain and free-draining soil, and the harvest runs for months rather than weeks.
This factsheet covers planting and managing an orchard, pest control, harvesting and storing the nuts, then running costs and returns using a small Gisborne orchard as the example, and the food safety, freshwater and export requirements.
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